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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



September 7, Wll. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



6. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaokb. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



530-660 Caxton BaUding;, 

 508 South Dearborn St., Cblcaso. 



Telephone, Harrison 5429. /* 



bxoi8tkbed cable address, flobyiew, obioaoo 



New York Office: 



Borough Park Brooklyn, N . Y. 



J. Austin Shaw, Manager. 



Subecriptlon prlc«, (1.00 a year. To Canada. $2.00 

 To Kurope. $2J50, 



Only 



AdvertislnK rates quoted upon request, 

 •trlctly trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by S p. m. Tuesday, 

 to insure insertion in the issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

 at the post-office at Chicago, III., under the act of 

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEBS, PAGE 98. 



CONTENTS 



The Retail Florist 11 



— ■ Lettering on Designs (UIh.s. ) 11 



— Hints for Beginners 11 



— The Miillnnpliy Auto (illus. ) 12 



— Overheard 12 



Cinerarias for Kaster 12 



Progress at Detroit ].'{ 



Alhert Poch.elon (portrait ) 1,'{ 



Darwin Tulips l.'{ 



I*roj)aKating Vinciis i:! 



Hyacintlis and I'aper W!iltes i:{ 



Asters for ChristmHs ];{ 



Sensonabl.' Suggestions ■ 14 



— PriinulHs 14 



— Propagation -. . 14 



— Calceolarias 14 



— Transplanting 14 



— H.vdrangeas 14 



— Amaryllises 14 



— Lorraine Begonias 14 



— Stevius 14 



Another Double Calls (illus. t 14 



A New Long Island Plant (Illus. I l.'i 



Value of Horse Manure l.'i 



The Dahlia Farm (illus.) Iti 



Hardy Perennials Iti 



Lime for (iarden Soil 17 



To Exterminate Mealv Bug IS 



To Kill Couch Grass 18 



.Mllwuuk<-e 18 



Obituary 18 



Boston 1!) 



Boston Visitors at B. Hammond Tracy's 



(Illus.) m 



New York 20 



The Youngest Florist (Illus.) 20 



News. Notes and Comments 21 



Chicago 22 



Philadelphia 2K 



Detioit m 



St. Louis :!2 



Steamer Sailings :»; 



Se.-**'. Trade News .'{8 



— Seed Crops in California (illus.) .18 



• — Position of Disclaimer .'{fl 



— Barteldes Has Bad Fire 42 



— French Seed.s 44 



— French Bulbs 44 



— Hollsnd Bulbs , 4t) 



— Imports 40 



Stem Rot on Asters 4<i 



Vegetable Forcing ."i2 



— Vegetable Growers to Meet '2 



— Worms on Lettuce .""^ 



-Nursery News 00 



— The Dep-jrtment's Position (lO 



Pacific Coast r>2 



— San Francisco ti2 



Bochester 08 



Indianapolis 72 



Des Moines. la 74 



Ijoulsville, Ky 74 



Greenhouse Heating 84 



— Two Mississippi Houses 84 



— A Few Heating Problems H4 



— Connecting Two Boilers. 84 



— Steam or Hot Water 80 



— A Wisconsin Place . 80 



— In Southern Geogla 87 



Baltimore 88 



New Bedford. Mass 90 



Mount Sterling. Ky 90 



Guinea Pigs Weed Lawns 92 



Providence 94 



Denver 9(i 



Port Huron, Mich. — M. Ullenbruch 

 was one of the .iudges at the flower 

 show recently held at the Grand Trunk 

 railroad shops at Battle Creek. The 

 Grand Trunk flower show is an annual 

 aff'air, but was never before attempted 

 on so large a scale as this year. 



SOCIETT OF AHE&ICAN FLOBISXS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1911: President, George Asmus, 

 Chicago; vice-president, R. Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md. ; secretary, H. B. Dorner, Urbana, 

 111.; treasurer, W. F. Hasting, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Officers for 1912: President, B. Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md. ; vice-president, August Poehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111. ; secretary. John Young, 

 Bedford Hills, N. Y.; treasurer, W. F. Kaating, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



Annual convention, Chl^go, 111., August 20 to 

 23. 1912. 



BESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



Arecas have had a notable rise in pop- 

 ularity coincident with the decline of 

 the latania. 



The jobbers are stocked up with plant 

 tubs, manufacturers having made such 

 tempting prices last spring that many 

 jieople overbought. 



Who can explain the ups and downs of 

 trade? July generally was busier than 

 florists ever before had known the month 

 to be, but August was not up to last year. 



The hardy ferns in New England have 

 suffered considerably this season becuise 

 of the long spell of hot, dry weather. 

 It has burned them on many a hillside. 



Dahlias in New England are proving 

 a disappointment to many, because of 

 the long, dry, hot season, and it has been 

 neces.sary to abandon some of the local 

 shows. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 The Review $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



Such display of color as Dreer and 

 Michell recently have been making at 

 their trial grounds beside the Pennsyl- 

 vania railroad must do great good in fix- 

 ing the names of the concerns in the 

 minds of the people who ride in the 

 trains. 



Never a week passes but The Review 

 receives inquiries that are neither dated 

 nor signed. Every legitimate inquiry is 

 answered, but no attention is paid when 

 the writer cannot be identified. This ap- 

 plies to A. II., Jax., Ela., who uses a 

 postal card, and to "A New Subscrib- 

 er," who asks about wood ashes. 



The NationaL'Council of Horticulture 

 has discontinued supplying articles to 

 the daily and weekly newspapers and the 

 newspaper syndicates. Last year the 

 American Seed Trade Association was 

 the only one of the national organizations 

 to contribute to the fund for the work, 

 so this season no appropriations were 

 asked. 



"Why is it so many florists send out 

 business letters on 'any old kind' of 

 paper? Don't they know that retail 

 prices usually are charged to those whose 

 letters do not give evidence of connection 

 with the trade?" The speaker was one 

 of New York's leading seedsmen. 

 Printed letter-heads are so inexpensive no 

 florist should go a day longer without 

 them. 



The long, heavy, steady rain that was 

 general through the east last week re- 

 lieved the drought conditions that had 

 prevailed for a long time and which 

 were menacing many lines of business. 

 While the downpour interrupted such 

 trade as was doing at the moment, it 

 was of great value to florists, replen- 

 ishing many a failing water supply and 

 putting fresh life into trade. 



CHICAaO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Apparently the ebb tide in the mar- 

 ket did not come until August 31, for 

 some of the wholesale houses reported 

 it not only the lightest day of the 

 month and the summer, but also the 

 dullest day in the last two or three 

 • years. With the arrival of September 

 there was a change for the better and 

 both Friday and Saturday made fair 

 records. Monday also, although it was 

 Labor day, a holiday that does abso- 

 lutely nothing for florists except to 

 give the opportunity for a half day's 

 rest, brought a fair number of ship- 

 ping orders, so that the consensus of 

 opinion is that there will now be steady 

 progress toward good business. It is 

 noteworthy, however, that for several 

 weeks the demand, such as there was, 

 has been most unsteady. Monday 

 would hold out hopes of better business, 

 but sales would dwindle through Tues- 

 day, Wednesday and Thursday, with a 

 spurt of shipping again on Friday and 

 a fair city demand Saturday morning, 

 with little doing Sunday. This condi- 

 tion may continue. 



A decrease in supplies, particularly 

 of gladioli and short roses, has as yet 

 had no marked effect on the demand 

 for other stock. While some of the big 

 cuts of short roses have passed, there 

 still are enough to go around, with oth- 

 er growers just beginning to cut. Of 

 the longer roses there are so many, in 

 proportion to the call, that even the 

 best sell below their usual values at 

 this date. One hardly could ask finer 

 Killarney, White Killarney, Maryland 

 or Richmond for the beginning of the 

 season. Other varieties, though offered 

 in less quantity, also are good. Fine 

 Beauties also are plentiful. 



The aster glut shows signs of pass- 

 ing. It has lasted longer and been 

 worse than usual this summer, though 

 the asters were late in coming in. 

 Fine stock has sold cheaper than ever 

 before. The flowers now arriving in 

 large quantity are about the best of 

 the season. Gladioli have ceased to be 

 much of a factor. 



The new crop of carnations is com- 

 ing on in fine shape. Already the sup- 

 ply is quite large and the stock is un- 

 usually good, stems being of excellent 

 length. Easter lilies are no longer a, 

 glut, though there are as many ^s can 

 be sold. Auratum is done. Tuberoses 

 have been added to the list. Cattleyas 

 continue scarce. There is plenty of 

 valley for the small demand. A few 

 sweet peas are seen, but there is /no 

 special call for them; they deserve a 

 rest for a few weeks, for the winter 

 supply will break all records if all 

 goes well. Golden Glow chrysanthe- 

 mums are seen of widely varying qual- 

 it}\ Some are commanding $3 per 

 dozen in small lots, while others are 

 scarcely salable at any price. 



The green goods market is quiet; 

 enough of everything to take care of 

 the demand. Wild smilax can be had 

 on a few days' notice, but is not yet 

 carried in stock. 



The Luzemberger Schobermesse. 



The big event of the early autumn 

 at Rogers Park is the annual Luxem- 

 berger Schobermesse, which this year 

 broke all records. It is held on Labor 

 day and the Sunday preceding, and 

 with perfect weather, the crowds were 



